Moving Journeys An Exhibition of Photographs of the Colonial Punjab
Bakshi Mulray (Governor of Gilgit) & Mehal Singh (Commanding Radur Regiment) in the Vale of Kashmir
Venue: Old Social Science Wing, LUMS Time: 6 pm, June 4, 2009
RSVP: kalra@lums.edu.pk
Photographs of the Punjab taken by London’s Royal Geographical Society (RGS) members during the late 19th and early 20th centuries form the core of the exhibition. The RGS images provide a glimpse of the Punjab province through the ages, capturing the changes brought on by different empires and the impact of internal and external migration. To help interpret the pictures, the exhibition also makes use of travelogues collected and written by RGS members during the colonial period.
The images record a wide range of events in the Punjab?s past and reflect the way these were linked to British history. For instance, during both World Wars, over 50% of the Indian Army was recruited from this region. Workshops held with Punjabi veterans of military service for Britain were consulted and their testimonies have been used to interpret this aspect of Punjabi history. India and Pakistan?s stormy relationship is traced in images relating to 1947?s Partition when over 500,000 people died in the violent upheavals and the region saw 15 million people migrate.
The RGS has allowed the exhibition to be produced and shown across Pakistan and the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to be able to host and launch the exhibition in Pakistan.
Special Sikh Book Signing at Waterstone’s Canary Wharf
The authors of In the Master’s Presence: The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib will be signing copies and talking about their acclaimed new book on Friday 24th April at Waterstone’s Canary Wharf (Cabot Place East, London E14 4QT) from 12 to 2pm.
Expert swordsman Nidar Singh Nihang and historian Parmjit Singh will be joined by acclaimed photographer Nick Fleming (www.nickfleming.com) who will be sharing his unique experience of living life as a nomadic Sikh warrior in the northern India state of Punjab.
Waterstone’s are offering £10 off the recommended retail price for anybody buying a copy on the day.
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Punjabi Khoj Garh, Kasur
You are cordially invited to attend the Guru Nanak Conference on 19 April 2009 at 1 pm, Punjabi Khoj Garh, Kasur.
Punjabi Khoj Garh is a centre of research, publication and advocacy on the history, culture, literature, music, and art of the Punjab. It was established on 10 March 2001. It is maintained by the Punjabi Khoj Garh Trust and individuals who work voluntarily to maintain and upkeep the Centre.
For further details contact:
Iqbal Qaiser
Punjabi Khoj Ghar, Lalliyani (Musfafar Abad)
District Kasur, Pakistan.
Telephone: +92 (0) 300 9432852
Email: iqbabaji@hotmail.com
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Seminar on “Transnationalism” with Peggy Levitt
Seminar on “Transnationalism” with Peggy Levitt, Associate Professor of Sociology at Wellesley College, Massachusetts, on April 29
Venue: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, room 118, at 3 pm.
Participants should register to Rickard Lagervall (rickard.lagervall@teol.lu.se) by April 23 at the latest.
During the spring 2009 Prof. Peggy Levitt is a Willy Brandt guest professor at Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM). On April 22 Prof. Levitt will also give a lecture on ”Creating Global Citizens: Lessons from Women’s Rights Activism” at Malmö University, and on May 20 a seminar on the theme “Religious Social Captial” will be arranged at the university.
For more info, check: http://www.mah.se/templates/Page____51155.aspx
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Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi – show with eminent painter Paramjit Singh
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi
(Chandigarh Academy of Fine Art)
Cordially invites you to
a Slide Show and Interactive Session
with eminent painter
Paramjit Singh
at Auditorium, Government Museum and Art Gallery
Sector 10 C, Chandigarh 160 010, India
on March 31, 2009
at 5.15 pm
Diwan Manna
Chairman
Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi
State Library, Sector 34 A, Chandigarh 160 022, India
Tel: +91- (0) 172 2620 448, E: chandigarhlka@gmail.com
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Screening of ‘Rabba Hun Ki Kariye’
In their ‘Nashisht’ Series
Impresario Asia invites you to the screening of a documentary on the partition memories
RABBA HUN KI KARIYE (THUS DEPARTED OUR NEIGHBOURS)
A film by Ajay Bhardwaj
The screening will be followed by an interactive session with the director
DATE: Wednesday 25th March 2009
TIME: 7.00 p.m.
VENUE: Gulmohar, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
R.S.V.P.
Pramilla Chhabra K.K. Kohli
2462-1685 98107-23979
COURTESY: DELHI DIARY
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THE SINGH TWINS: Art in Motion
Please find attached details of the forthcoming exhibition by The Singh Twins which is on 27 March – 24 May 2009 at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum. singhtwins_private-view_web
Private View Thursday 26 March, 6–7.30pm
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, CV32 4AA
Tel: 01926 742700
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DARBAR INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL APRIL 2009
The largest festival of Indian classical music outside of India comes to London – which Songlines magazine has described as ‘Britain’s best festival of south Asian music’.
Over three packed days, world-renowned artists present an intoxicating mixture of serenely meditative and stunning improvisations from the worlds of Hindustani and Carnatic music in morning, afternoon and evening concerts.
The line-up of 40 maestros includes Rahul Sharma on santoor, Tejendra Majumdar on sarod, vocalist Ashwini Bhide and the prestigious Kumar Bose on tabla from northern Indian tradition. Rare instruments include the Rabaab from Afganisatan and Jori percussion from Punjab.
From the Carnatic south, there is vocalist Aruna Sairam, Ganesh and Kumeresh on violin and Shashank on flute. UK talents include Sukhwinder Singh (Pinky) and Jessie Bannister on saxophone with Indo-Jazz fusion.
There is an exhibition of photographs by internationally acclaimed photographer, Arnhel De Serra in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer and several free events throughout the day.
For further information: http://www.darbar.org.uk/
or attached brochure: darbar-festival
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‘Trade Union and working class struggles’ at London Met University
Gopal Singh and Makhan Singh (aged 20) Nairobi, May 1933. Photo by TL Patel.
Trade Union and working class struggles
Wednesday 25 March 2009
6.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
Speakers:
Shiraz Durrani: Political significance of Makhan Singh in Kenya (1913-73)
Inderjit Gill: Makhan Singh, the family man
Mary Davis: Trade Unions and the British Empire
Richard Ross: Globalisation and workers’ struggles
Amarjit Chandan: What Makhan Singh means to me
Prof. John Gabriel: Chair
Venue: GCG-08 Graduate Centre
London Metropolitan University
166-220 Holloway Road
London N7 8DB
RSVP: email dasslectures@londonmet.ac.uk
Website: www.londonmet.ac.uk/dasslectures
Nearest tube station: Holloway Road (Piccadilly line); buses 43, 271, 153 and 393
Free of charge. All welcome
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Book-signing event for ‘In the Master’s Presence: The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib’
You are cordially invited to join Nidar Singh Nihang and I at our next book-signing event for ‘In the Master’s Presence: The Sikhs of Hazoor Sahib’.
We will be at Waterstone’s Ealing on Saturday 21st March from 11am to 3pm.
Waterstone’s are offering a hefty discount off the retail price for anybody buying a copy on the day.
We will be joined by acclaimed photographer Nick Fleming (www.nickfleming.com) and his wife Guru Kaur (www.gurukaur.com) who will be sharing their unique experiences of living among the Akali-Nihang Singhs, preservers of the nomadic Sikh warrior tradition of Punjab.
The address is:
64 Ealing Broadway Centre
London W5 5JY
Tel: 020 8840 5905
Nearest tube and railway is Ealing Broadway
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Forced Journeys: Artists in Exile in Britain c1933 – 45
20 January – 19 April
45 The Ben Uri Gallery, 108a Boundary Road, London, NW8 0RH, England
This exhibition will survey more than 80 works by over 20 artists exiled to this country; those included will range from the more established Adler, Meidner, Schwitters and Uhlman to the less known Eisenmayer, Mayer-Marton and Frankfurther. The exhibition is held in conjunction with, and as part of, the Courtauld Institute’s new MA course led by Dr Shulamith Behr and Visiting Professor Sander Gilman of Emory University, Atlanta USA.
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Peace Rally at 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, January 31, at Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
A number of citizens from different walks of life – social and cultural organizations, political parties, professional organizations, NGOs, trade unions, students and teachers have come together under the banner of Amn Tehreek (Peace Movement) to work towards a 1 point agenda – Peace.
The first step is to come together to raise the slogan of peace; to tell everyone around us, our state and the rest of the world that Pakistanis want peace and wish to live in harmony with themselves, their neighbours and the rest of the world.
The Peace Rally will begin from Regal Chowk, Mall Road to the Punjab Assembly Chowk.
The organizers need help to paste posters, to distribute pamphlets at public spaces, to put up banners and to manage logistics on the day of the rally. Financial contributions payable to Youth Commission for Human Rights, Account #011-1438-3, at UBL Model Town
More info from http://www.peaceandsecularstudies.org/ and Diep, Member Coordinating Committee Amn Tehreek, 0300.844.5072, instituteforpeace@gmail.com
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